Hastings Chautauqua Pavilion

From the early 1900s through the mid-1920s, summer circuit
Chautauquas brought culture and entertainment to communities across
the U.S. The Hastings Chautauqua Association constructed this
pavilion in 1907. Local architect C. W. Way designed it to resemble
a large meeting tent. Seating 3,500, it was the largest pavilion
in Nebraska. Notable speakers here included William Jennings Bryan
and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The pavilion, listed in the National
Register of Historic Places, was partially destroyed by arson
in 1992, but was rebuilt in 1993.